books.google.ch - The last half of the 20th century has been an era of democratic triumph. The main anti-democratic regimes - communist, fascist, Nazi - have disappeared, and new democracies are emerging vigorously or tentatively throughout the world. In this book, one of the most prominent political theorists of our...https://books.google.ch/books/about/On_Democracy.html?hl=de&id=jCJ_kUOcCpIC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareOn Democracy

On Democracy

The last half of the 20th century has been an era of democratic triumph. The main anti-democratic regimes - communist, fascist, Nazi - have disappeared, and new democracies are emerging vigorously or tentatively throughout the world. In this book, one of the most prominent political theorists of our time provides a primer on democracy that clarifies what it is, why it is valuable, how it works, and what challenges it confronts in the future.

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Nutzerbericht - HadriantheBlind - LibraryThing

Brief summary of democratic theory. Differences between the ideal and what we get in reality. In Dahl's view, no government in the world has lived up to the Platonic ideal of Democracy, but some have ...Vollständige Rezension lesen

ON DEMOCRACY

Nutzerbericht - Jane Doe - Kirkus

An edifying if uninspiring primer on the theory and practice of democracy. During the last half of the 20th century democracy has emerged triumphant as a political system, its rivals having ...Vollständige Rezension lesen